Reaction Engines of the UK is developing the hypersonic Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (Sabre). It is designed to power a vehicle from a standing start to Mach 5.5 in air-breathing mode, and ...

The SABRE engine requires a novel design of the rocket engine’s thrust chamber and nozzle to allow operation in both air-breathing and rocket modes, as well as a smooth transition between the two. The ...

After surviving 100 successful test runs, a crucial 2012 components test, and a 2014 feasibility study by the European Space Agency, Reaction Engines' new SABRE (for "Synergistic Air-Breathing Rocket ...

A £6 million ($8.5 million) air-breathing rocket engine technology demonstration programme has been announced after the European Space Agency contributed €1 million ($1.25 million) to it. The ...

Reaction Engines have devised a series of modules to demonstrate the proposed spaceship Skylon's capabilities. Here, a space station has been assembled using docking, habitation, power, airlock and ...

A Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (Sabre) fitted jet can fly five times the speed of sound, or Mach 5, and reach any place in the world within just four hours. Air travel has become very normal ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A huge, unmanned British space plane is on pace to start launching payloads into Earth orbit in less than a decade — provided it can pass a crucial engine test in June, its designers ...

Reaction Engines, the UK company behind the reusable SABRE jet-cum-rocket engine that could dramatically alter air and space travel, has secured the final piece of funding that will allow for the ...

A giant space plane that doubles as a supersonic jet is closer than ever to becoming a reality. Skylon is a privately funded, single-stage-to-orbit vehicle designed to take off and land from a runway, ...

[Photo: Reaction Engines] This is the Skylon spaceplane. It’s a revolutionary new concept that can take off like a plane before rocketing off into space. The European Space Agency just passed a ...

SKYLON in flight. Source: Reaction Engines. And now the U.S. Air Force is climbing on board as well. Off we go, into the wild blue yonder... Earlier this month, UK-based Reaction Engines confirmed ...